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Ford Lake

Town: 32N 34 records Last reported: May 1, 2025

Last reported stocking

The latest reported stocking at Ford Lake was on May 1, 2025: 399 Brown Trout (7.57 in avg).

Record last checked: . This is not a stocking date.

Browse stocking history

Source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

A schedule is a plan, not confirmation that fish were released. Stocking records do not guarantee fish are still available.

No current or upcoming schedule is in this archive. Check the official report before choosing a trip date.

County
Otsego
Town
32N
Species on record
Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
Records
34 records
Official source
Michigan Department of Natural Resources report

Location map

Ford Lake location context

Approximate · county context
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Agency records

Stocking history

34 records from November 9, 1982 to May 1, 2025. Open a year to browse its records; scroll tables sideways for all columns. Scheduled means planned, even when the date has passed. Blank fields mean the source did not publish that detail.

2025 1 record
2025 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 1, 2025 reported Brown Trout3997.57 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2024 1 record
2024 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
April 17, 2024 reported Brown Trout3707.51 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2023 1 record
2023 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
April 19, 2023 reported Brown Trout3607.4 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2022 2 records
2022 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
November 29, 2022 reported Brook Trout2514.76 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
April 26, 2022 reported Brown Trout4006.54 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2021 2 records
2021 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
November 9, 2021 reported Brook Trout5018.86 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
April 12, 2021 reported Brown Trout4006.97 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2020 1 record
2020 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 4, 2020 reported Brown Trout4397.36 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2019 2 records
2019 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
November 8, 2019 reported Brook Trout5018.23 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 6, 2019 reported Brown Trout4007.52 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2018 2 records
2018 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 7, 2018 reported Brown Trout3507.48 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 7, 2018 reported Brown Trout3816.34 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2017 2 records
2017 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
November 7, 2017 reported Brook Trout3520.47 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
April 20, 2017 reported Brown Trout4007.64 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2016 1 record
2016 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
April 26, 2016 reported Brown Trout4007.6 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2015 2 records
2015 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
November 17, 2015 reported Brook Trout4021.1 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
April 22, 2015 reported Brown Trout3507.36 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2014 2 records
2014 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
October 28, 2014 reported Brook Trout3020 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
June 3, 2014 reported Brown Trout3727.87 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2013 1 record
2013 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
April 25, 2013 reported Rainbow Trout5606.93 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2012 1 record
2012 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
April 26, 2012 reported Rainbow Trout5656.3 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2011 1 record
2011 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
April 19, 2011 reported Rainbow Trout5706.3 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2010 3 records
2010 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
November 3, 2010 reported Brook Trout4916.5 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 18, 2010 reported Brown Trout4006.82 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
April 20, 2010 reported Rainbow Trout5666.38 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2009 1 record
2009 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
April 22, 2009 reported Rainbow Trout5906.97 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2008 3 records
2008 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
November 3, 2008 reported Brook Trout1519.3 in avg Transplant of Wild Fish Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 12, 2008 reported Brook Trout917.2 in avg Transplant of Wild Fish Michigan Department of Natural Resources
April 23, 2008 reported Rainbow Trout5707.2 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2007 1 record
2007 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
April 20, 2007 reported Rainbow Trout5906.1 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1992 3 records
1992 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
April 29, 1992 reported Brown Trout3405.98 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
April 28, 1992 reported Brown Trout3406.26 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
April 27, 1992 reported Brown Trout3406.5 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1982 1 record
1982 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
November 9, 1982 reported Brown Trout2553.78 in avg Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Records retain the dates, quantities, and status supplied by the linked agencies. An event missing here does not mean the water was not stocked - some plants go unreported or are published elsewhere.

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Data source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources. A record for this water was last checked on . This check date is not a stocking date.

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